"I'm a free agent so maybe those bloggers and those people who write won't have to see me again,” Felton said in June. “Maybe they won't, until I'm coming in on the other end and droppin' 50 on 'em.”

Thursday, on TNT, in front of a national audience, he‘ll have an opportunity to follow up that old threat and a few new ones.

Basketball-wise, the worst numbers of Felton’s career came as a member of the Blazers’ 2011-12 team. Felton admits he had tough times on the court for Portland, and he doesn’t hesitate to express disdain for “certain people” in and around the Blazers organization.

Felton had career lows in points and rebounds as point guard in Portland, where he put up 11.4 points, 6.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds. In the worst shape of his career last season, Felton’s performance might have been a result of bad conditioning.

Whatever the reason for his dip in production, Felton told Frank Isola of the New York Daily News it was the “worst moment I had in basketball, for sure.” Conventional wisdom leads one to assume Felton wouldn't look forward to playing in the place that nearly derailed his career, but all evidence appears to point toward the contrary.